The skinny Buddha did not continue to ask questions, but let Li Yan in. Originally, whoever held the Xuanming Order could enter, but the Hu Chen family was a trading partner they valued, so they asked a few more questions. Unless Li Yan really had many flaws, this Buddha might make an exception and capture him and send him to the Hu Chen family.
The two of them kept asking and answering each other, while the burly monk on the other side closed his eyes and rested, and it seemed that he had no intention of even looking at this side.
It seemed that the other party did not intend to let Li Yan block the door, so Li Yan had to give up the urge to read the contents of the jade slip first.
There was a vast expanse of white and sparkling in front of him. Li Yan felt that as soon as he stepped into the tower gate, his eyes were blurred and he felt the cold air all over his body. This was a stone house, an ice-carved stone house, only a few feet in size. The walls were made of unknown boulders wrapped in thick ice. The cold air was emitted from the house.
With Li Yan's level of cultivation, he is no longer afraid of cold or heat. There is no difference between wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket all year round and wearing a single piece of clothing all year round.
As soon as Li Yan's spiritual power started to circulate, he expelled the only trace of coldness in his body. However, even so, he felt a little awe-inspiring, because he had already opened the spiritual power shield when he entered, and a trace of the coldness here still entered his body, and the coldness here was really strong.
"This place is really weird. The spiritual power shield can't completely block the coldness between heaven and earth. The four forbidden areas are definitely not a good place." Li Yan thought so in his heart. His spiritual sense had already spread out. After a moment, he retracted his spiritual sense and was surprised to find that he was in an independent ice-carved stone house. Outside was an endless vast snowfield. With his spiritual sense, he did not find a second ice-carved stone house. According to Li Yan's guess, everyone who entered might appear in a similar place as himself, but there was no other discovery within a thousand miles.
"From the outside, this tower is only about five or six hundred feet wide, but there's a whole different world inside, and I don't know how vast it is. If I'm not mistaken, everyone who enters should appear in a separate space like me. Now I haven't found anyone else appearing in my spiritual sense. Either the entrance is very secretive, shielding the detection of spiritual sense, or they are thousands of miles away and beyond the range of my spiritual sense. The second possibility should be the most likely." Li Yan was still confident in his spiritual sense.
After Li Yan withdrew his spiritual sense, he took out the jade map of the tower and placed it directly on his forehead. After a moment, a crisp cracking sound came from Li Yan's hand, and the jade map on his forehead turned into tiny crystal lights and floated away.
"The first layer is the ice field, the second layer is the dense forest and swamp, and the third layer is the maze of tombs. Few foundation-building monks have ever been to the third layer, as it is a death restricted area for low-level monks. The jade slips on the higher layers of the tower no longer provide any information.
No wonder after entering the tower, one is not allowed to move freely, but must first read the introduction in the jade slip. Dangers may appear at any time on each floor. From this point alone, the Pure Land Sect still has the demeanor of a major sect and is not petty. Since others are allowed to enter, and many people may have spent a huge price to enter, if they die here as soon as they enter without knowing the truth, it can only mean that the Pure Land Sect does not want people from other sects to explore the resources here.
Just in the first layer of ice where we are now, there are eleven life forbidden zones of various sizes. This is fatal to cultivators in the Qi Condensation Stage. For cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage, they will also die in it if they are not careful.
When the monks step out of the tower, they will be teleported to different places at will, and may appear in ice-carved stone houses, ice and snow caves, glacier ravines and other places. These places will not be attacked because they are protected by formations. Once they go out, the adventure will officially begin, and places like ice-carved stone houses will be teleported out as long as they step into them again, which is equivalent to completing an adventure. Therefore, this is not a place to avoid danger, and it can only be entered as a last resort or when you are finally teleported out.
I don't know where the five people were teleported to, at least they didn't appear within a thousand miles. My luck is really bad. I was teleported to a dangerous place. There are extremely dangerous snow mosquitoes outside this ice-carved stone house. If I didn't read the introduction of the jade slip and went out rashly, I might be in danger directly."
The snow mosquito is a special creature in the Beiming Demon Suppression Tower. It is only a first-level monster and is good at hiding its whereabouts in the wind and snow. It has a sharp mouthpart that is one foot long and can penetrate armor and split rocks. Its wings are like knives and as sharp as arrows. One, ten, or a hundred snow mosquitoes should be easy for Li Yan to kill.
It's just that snow mosquitoes like to live in groups and reproduce quickly. A female snow mosquito can lay thousands of eggs. The population is so large that people change color. They go out in tens of thousands every time. Even if a Jindan cultivator can't handle it well, it will be very tight. Therefore, the Beiming Demon Suppression Tower cannot be specifically distinguished by the first, second, and third floors. It can only be said that the level of the monsters on the first floor is generally lower, and the single attack power is weak, but the degree of danger is not necessarily less than the second and third floors. Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the Pure Land Sect was a good host. There was a reminder outside the tower, but it was not allowed to stay on the platform for too long. But if it was a anxious cultivator, he might have rushed out of the ice house and checked the jade slips while flying. In that case, once he encountered danger, he would be caught off guard and could only blame himself.
Li Yan released his spiritual sense again, spreading it outside the ice house. After a while, he withdrew his spiritual sense in confusion, but did not find a single snow mosquito. "The snowfield marked on the map is at the northernmost edge of the first floor of the tower, which is the area where I am. Further ahead is a steep glacier, to the left is a large glacier, and to the right are continuous snow-capped mountains." Li Yan supported his chin with one hand and did not leave the ice house immediately. Instead, he began to think. Master Xueye once said that they got the Red Mother Essence from a place called "Red Maple Pond" on the second floor. What he needed to do now was to find the entrance to the second floor as soon as possible.
But Li Fang's luck was not very good. The place where he was teleported after entering the first level was the northernmost side, but the entrance to the second level was on an iceberg in the south, so he had to go through the snowfield to the south. There was not only the snow mosquito, a kind of monster that people wanted to avoid, but also other monsters and dangerous places that even the foundation-building monks could not easily pass through.
"There are three places, 'Snow Lake', 'Melting Cave' and 'Foen Wind', that need to be passed in sequence to reach the glacier area. I am in 'Snow Lake' now. Although the remaining two places can be bypassed from the east and west sides, it will not only waste time, but also pass through other dangerous areas. If you are teleported to the south glacier or the east and west sides as soon as you enter, it will be much better than the current situation. I don't know if those who entered earlier have the same bad luck as me." Thinking of this, Li Yan shook his head. It was really troublesome. He needed to pass through these three places. The detour method was not advisable. Even if he passed these three areas and reached the glacier area, he would not be able to find the entrance to the second level immediately. It all depended on his final position in the south glacier area. Maybe the entrance to the second level would be right in front of him when he arrived in the south, but he might still have to go through other dangerous areas in the glacier.
With one foot stepping on the vast snowy plain, he looked back at the ice house that was shining crystal clear in the sun. The ice door that could only accommodate one person was like a blurry mirror. He looked up at the sky. Li Yan could not believe that there was a sun in the sky inside the tower. He did not know whether it was an illusion created by great magical powers, or whether the ancient cultivator had projected it in with the help of the power of heaven and earth from the outside world.
Feeling the flour-like snow under his feet, Li Yan felt that as long as he let go of the spiritual power controlling his body, he would soon sink into it, as if he was trapped in a swamp. The snow here was not like what he had seen in the Pure Land Sect area some time ago, which would become hard as the surrounding coldness increased after hitting the ground, or have a hard shell, but was extremely loose.
"Xue Ze, I don't know how deep it is down here. If we fall down, we may fall into the endless abyss!" Li Yan thought. He didn't like this place, nor did he like the winter outside the Pure Land Sect. Although the place where he was born also had four seasons, it was definitely not so cold. In particular, he was not familiar with the characteristics of ice and snow, just like he was not familiar with the desert. This reminded him of the battle with the Red Fire Ancestor in the desert. Afterwards, he finally discovered the reason why he was exposed, which made him feel confused and powerless.
Flying in the air, the spiritual shield on his body has been opened, and a few "Vajra Talismans" are slapped outside the shield. These are purchased in Yuguan City. The Ghost Car Talisman has been used up. Although the "Vajra Talisman" is not as good as the Ghost Car Talisman, it still has a good degree of defense. The sun is bright in the sky, and there are layers of crystal white light on the ground. From time to time, there will be strong winds blowing around, rolling up the snow on the ground, and then the snowflakes in the air will be torn and danced in the wind, slowly flying around.
In this situation, Li Yan had been flying for half an hour. After such a long time, he could not tell the difference between the sky and the earth. There were only endless white plains and howling winds around him. However, Li Yan did not look tired at all. Instead, he looked solemn. It was too peaceful here. He did not encounter any monsters or unexpected changes in half an hour, which made him feel a little uneasy. However, his mind was always calm.
Another gust of wind blew up the flying snow on the plain, and Li Yan's view forward was blocked by the flying snowflakes and icicles. In fact, there was no need to see clearly ahead, as long as he flew south, he would not be wrong. Li Yan recalled the jade map. The "Xue Ze" plain was about 14,000 miles long. If he flew at full speed, it would take at least a day to fly out of this endless snowfield.
Just as he was falling into habitual thinking, his heart suddenly shuddered, because several chills suddenly appeared in his consciousness. These chills were almost undetectable in Li Yan's consciousness, even though he was just in a trance and only felt that they were brought by the howling wind.
Li Yan's whole body suddenly became full of spiritual light, and he heard several "ding ding ding" sounds one after another. The Vajra Talisman outside the protective shield had burst out with several balls of dazzling light. Then, hundreds and thousands of even more tiny chills appeared in Li Yan's consciousness and attacked him. The "ding ding ding" sound was continuous like a blacksmith chiseling nails.
At this time, Li Yan had no idea what he had encountered. He felt the Vajra Talisman outside his body quickly darken. After careful identification with his spiritual sense, Li Yan discovered the densely woven snow mosquitoes that made his scalp tingle.
"Snow mosquito" might be more appropriately called ice mosquito or crystal mosquito. Each snow mosquito is less than two inches long and its entire body is transparent, so that even the organs inside can be clearly seen. But its head has a sharp mouthpart that is about one foot long and like crystal. In this snowy world, coupled with the reflection of the sun, they come with the strong wind and the rolled up snowflakes, and cannot be distinguished at all. Even the blue-black tendons and organs in their bodies have some strange colors, and in the spiritual consciousness, it is just like a small piece of icicles on the ground with some black dead grass on it. This phenomenon has happened many times before, and even Li Yan, who has been vigilant, feels a little tired and gradually ignores it.